Fatal stabbing on Rosenthal Avenue is Ottawa's 14th homicide of year

Ottawa police's major crime unit isinvestigating the city's 14th homicide of the year after a 55-year-oldman was fatallystabbed Thursday evening in the Carlingtonarea,near the Central Experimental Farm.

Police said the call came in at about 6:15 pm. ET with a report that a man had been stabbed on Rosenthal Avenue.

A neighbour, who didn't want their name used because of safety concerns, said they heard severaladults and childrenscreaming outside, went to their window and saw a man covered in blood, who collapsed.

The neighbor said they werein shockbecause they'd seen the man earlier the sameafternoon, sittingon the stepsof one of theOttawa Community Housing row houses, laughing and chatting with another neighbour.

The man was taken to hospital in "very serious" condition, police said. He was later pronounced dead.

Officers were guarding the scene later in the eveningand witnesses went to the police station for questioning.

No arrests have been made, but police said Friday morningthey have identified a possible suspect.

Close to last homicide

The homicide comes 11 days after 26-year-old Abdi Jama was killed less than a kilometre away on Shillington Avenue.

The councillor for the area said at aThursday night budget consultation it's time for city council to have a long talk about the resources available to police.

"We've allocated 25 new officers last year, it's the plan again going into 2017 to add another 25, but we want to make sure thesenew resources are being allocated to the main priorities we know exist in Ottawa," said Riley Brockington.

"I think there would be benefitsfor council to have this conversation in greater length and greater detail and try tobetter understand how police allocate their resources to these main priorities."